Wendell Willkie
American lawyer and corporate executive (1892-1944) · United States · On the map · Politicians · Died at 52
Wendell Lewis Willkie was an American lawyer, corporate executive and the 1940 Republican nominee for president of the United States.
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Willkie (right) and David E. Lilienthal
Willkie testifying before a congressional committee, 1939
Willkie on the cover of Time magazine, July 31, 1939
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Willkie (right) with running mate Charles McNary
Willkie formally accepts his nomination at a ceremony in Elwood, Indiana August 17, 1940
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Willkie appealed to many convention delegates as the Republican field's only interventionist: although the U.S. remained neutral prior to Pearl Harbor, he favored greater U.S. involvement in World War II to support Britain and other Allies. His Democratic opponent, incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who had made campaign pledges against U.S. involvement in World War II, won the 1940 election with about 55% of the popular vote and took the electoral college vote by a wide margin.
